The little girl from a farm family has a big wish to make a fortune by farming and picking mushrooms

The adults in the kitchen were busy making lard residue.

Zhou Mingshu took the kitchen knife, rinsed it, and chopped the prepared mugwort and mint bit by bit.

Also, the dried lemongrass is chopped and placed in a large bowl.

After a while, Zhou Mingzhi and Zhou Mingjie came back carrying a bamboo.

"Second sister, is it okay for you to come over and take a look?"

Zhou Mingshu looked at the bamboo in his hand and felt that they were about the same thickness.

Since there was no extra money at home to prepare small porcelain bottles, she used the bamboo to make some bamboo tubes.

"Thank you, brother. This bamboo can be used. Please help me cut off all these branches, and then select the node of each bamboo and start cutting from the top point." Zhou Mingshu said while gesturing, and Zhou Mingzhi understood it at a glance.

"Okay, then just wait. I'll call you when it's done."

Zhou Mingzhi took Mingjie to find a shady place and started working.

The three sisters had nothing to do, so they took a stool, sat next to the water tank and started cleaning the snails.

These snails are now clean. Just wash them and serve them on the table tonight.

Zhou Mingyuan and Xiao Minghua followed Zhou Lao Da to wash pig stomachs by the river. Without the noise of children, there was no other sound in the yard except the chatting of a few adults in the kitchen.

Perhaps Zhou Mingqi felt it was too quiet, so he grabbed Zhou Mingshu and asked him what the town was like.

She is about the same age as Zhou Mingshu, but she has never been to town.

"There's nothing to see, just people everywhere. I was almost squashed. If I'm not careful, someone will step on my foot, which hurts me. I have to keep a close eye on the backpack because there are thieves on the street, so I always hang the backpack on my chest..."

Zhou Mingqi groaned and felt that there was nothing fun to do on the street.

My mother told me that there are child kidnappers on the street. Children like Mingyuan and Si Ya are not allowed to go out on the street. If they are not careful, they will be taken away by kidnappers.

Those kidnappers have people to help them and they also have horse-drawn carriages. Even if you see them, you can't catch up with them even if you run away with your shoes.

Pretty girls also have to be careful about having their heads covered or having their legs broken and sold to brothels.

After hearing what San Ya said, Zhou Mingqi felt that it would be better to stay in the village. As long as he didn't meet Sha Gang, there would be no danger.

Seeing Zhou Mingqi shrinking his head in fear, the eldest sister Zhou Mingqin and she both smiled. The second sister was really timid. She didn't dare to listen before she said anything.

Old Mrs. Zhou is the chef today, and she wants to do things like making the lard residue herself.

After boiling for a while, the shredded pig skin has turned golden yellow, slightly curled up, and full of oil.

The snow-white fat had long since turned golden yellow.

In another pot was corn porridge, and on the table were several baskets of wild vegetables.

A basket of water celery, a basket of fragrant taro, and a basket of violets. Another plate was filled with sliced ​​garlic and shredded ginger. There were also two eggs in the bowl...

After the lard is boiled out, you can use the oil at the bottom of the pot to stir-fry a few dishes.

"Old Second, wash the oil can, scald it with hot water, and put it in the sun to drain the water."

It will take a while to wait for the lard residue to come out of the pot, so today's lunch will have to be eaten later.

Smelling the greasy smell in the room, Old Mrs. Zhou's stomach started to growl.

I really didn’t eat enough in the morning, and I walked a long way back and forth, so I was starving.

"Mom, how about I watch, the corn porridge in the pot is ready, you can have a bowl first."

"It's okay, it's okay. When the meal is ready, we can eat together."

She is so old, no matter what, she can't snatch food from the children. She has her own principles.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her, Liu stopped trying to persuade her and poured a glass of water for her mother-in-law.

"Ah, the weather these days is really too hot. Do you want it to rain?"

"I think it will be soon, but every spring rain brings a warm spell. The more it rains, the hotter the weather will be later."

Old Mrs. Zhou stir-fried the pork in the pot to prevent the meat slices from sticking to the bottom of the pot.

There is already a lot of lard in the pot, it is greasy and looks very pleasing to the eye.

"Yes, but if it rains, the rice will grow better and be more abundant in grain."

Indeed, as a farmer, who doesn’t hope for a good harvest?

The people in Lianglin Village were praying that the rain would fall soon, which would not only extinguish the unusual heat, but also allow the crops in the fields to get more rain water.

By the time lunch was ready, the sun had already set.

No matter big or small, old or young, everyone is hungry.

So everyone enjoyed the meal especially well, including Zhou Mingshu herself.

This was her first time eating lard residue.

One bite will fill your mouth with caramelized aroma, crispy and refreshing taste, which is unforgettable. No wonder adults and children are looking forward to it.

There are many people in the family and little meat, so each person only gets this small piece.

Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan were not at home, so their portions were saved for them to eat in the evening.

Although the other dishes were also vegetarian, they were cooked in the same pan used to cook lard, and had a lot of oil on them, so they tasted much better than usual.

Stir-fried fragrant tangerine, stir-fried water celery and a dish of violet yedoensis scrambled eggs.

Because it was particularly hot today, everyone was too excited about the lard residue in the morning.

After dinner, everyone chose to take a short rest.

Zhou Mingshu almost slept until night.

Looking at the sky outside, she quickly got out of bed. She still had a lot of things to do.

I got up too early in the morning, and no one woke me up for my nap, so I slept until now.

There were not many people at home, and no one was in the kitchen. The pot for boiling lard was still shiny with oil, and it seemed that no one was willing to wash it, but the other pot had already been washed.

On the table is the jar of lard, which has not yet completely solidified.

Zhou Mingshu found a clean porcelain bowl, weighed it, then added two spoonfuls of lard and weighed it again. The weight was almost one to one.

Only then did he put away his tools and start making his own anti-itch ointment.

Put all these four things into a basin, put a plate upside down on top, and steam it in a pot.

"Saya, what are you doing? Is there something wrong in the village?"

Zhou Mingqi watched from the village for a while, felt it was a bit scary, and ran back.

"Something happened? What happened?"

Seeing his second sister’s serious expression, Zhou Mingshu also felt nervous.

"The fool in our aunt's house suddenly passed away, and everyone burst into tears..."

"What? How could Shagang, who was so young, be dead?"

Zhou Mingqi was too far away to see clearly, and he was also a little scared, so he ran back without figuring out the real reason.

Zhou Mingshu felt complicated after hearing the news.

She came into this world because of Shagang's push, and now he suddenly left. It was so unexpected that she really couldn't believe it.

No wonder when she woke up today, there was no one at home and the village was eerily quiet.